Capturing the Moment

  We found these caribou antlers along our nature walk at Wide Bay. Streaks of clouds were all the broke the blue of the sky on this beautiful day in Alaska. Imuya Bay and Wide Bay are two bays on the outer coast of the Ugashik National Wildlife Refuge. This is where we explored today. Being way out on the Alaskan Peninsula means that this coastline is about as wild as it can get. We didn't see anyone else all day, and the only footprints on shore were from us or bears. And we did see bears. Even if we don't see bears, I am thinking that they are out there seeing us. This case was proven when we first landed. Imuya Bay was the landing of choice in the morning, just because of the wind direction and the forecasted change for the afternoon. I took a group of hard charger hikers to shore and we immediately set out for some high ground to get a better vantage. The hillsides were covered in wildflowers, making the entire area look like a painting. Sandy beaches and mudflats were unc...

  Beautiful Imuya Bay, untouched wilderness, and we are here to explore. This is how you do expedition cruising. The spot I had picked out to take the guests to this morning, here off the wild coast of the Alaskan peninsula, was too wild with wind to be much fun. We searched around for a bit, but during our search I could see down the coast a few miles looked very nice and protected from the wind. We quickly looked at anchoring charts and satellite images of the spot, called Imuya Bay. We've never scouted it out, but it looked nice, so we changed our plans and moved the ship to our new anchorage. Imuya bay looked amazing. There were all these little islands that would be great for kayaking and skiffing around. The mountains in the back of the bay were jagged and stunning. Some still had snow on top and we could even see a glacier hanging up in the high valley. Shortly after anchoring, two white wolves were spotted running across a green hill behind the beach. Then right before kaya...